Chocdoc - Noshing in NYC

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

Tonight dressed in our Sunday finest (make that the jeans and the shirts we wore to the Fancy Food Show) we attended a cocktail party hosted by Valrhona. It was on a roof top terrace attached to a beautiful old building.

A mixture of white chocolate, boiron passion fruit purée and rum was poured through the chute into the glasses.

Many little apps were served - this might be the only one I caught a picture of. Balanced as it was on my G&T so I could use the other hand to get the picture.

Chefs Poirier and Salphet made a variety of sweet treats for us - macarons, tarts, sables, financier and caramel panna cotta.

A modeling agency had been hired to act as servers and bar tenders. So there were many striking young men milling around.

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

There were some other choices as well - someone was cooking nice pieces of foie gras.

Cheeses, breads, duck breast confit, duck rillettes and pate with foie I apparently missed catching on camera

And when you are balancing food on your drink glass - you lose your pate!

gfweb · July 2, 2018

4 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Exactly what I was thinking that Anna and I have to do when we are up north!

I'm not so sure about this.

Goat cheese +sweet stuff?

Maybe if it were very salty.

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

You know you are a true chocolatier when you have a triglyceride tattoo on your body.

gfweb · July 2, 2018

1 minute ago, Kerry Beal said:

You know you are a true chocolatier when you have a triglyceride tattoo on your body.

Monounsaturated

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

3 minutes ago, gfweb said:

I'm not so sure about this.

Goat cheese +sweet stuff?

Maybe if it were very salty.

Humbolt Fog is like the richest cream cheese ever! The combination was quite lovely when I tasted it. Like a more solid creme brûlée

Edited July 2, 2018 by Kerry Beal (log)

gfweb · July 2, 2018

4 hours ago, rotuts said:

Hot Hot Hot

Thats BusterPoindexter, not the overrated Springsteen

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

Awfully late at night - we weren't hungry when we walked home from the cocktail party - but around 10:30 decided we were.

Following @gfweb's suggestion that you can never go wrong with pizza in NYC we hit the joint around the corner (Ray's) and grabbed a couple of slices.

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Also following advice - we picked up some Junior's cheesecake.

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Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

Just opened the parting gift given by Valrhona - thought I’d share with you

weinoo · July 2, 2018

9 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Following @gfweb's suggestion that you can never go wrong with pizza in NYC we hit the joint around the corner (Ray's) and grabbed a couple of slices

I like gfweb, but that is the dumbest suggestion I've ever heard ( along with his trolling "overrated" comment).

Problem is, nyc, like most other cities, tends to shut down too early, especially on a Sunday night when it's a million degrees out.

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

It was a million degrees out! Gotta say though - I suspect the worst NYC pizza is better than than the best chain pizza at home.

Edited July 3, 2018 by Kerry Beal (log)

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

Breakfast!

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

My Johnny Iuzzuni swag.

Edited July 2, 2018 by Kerry Beal (log)

Anna N · July 2, 2018

44 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

My Johnny Iuzzuni swag.

You call that swag? No pen? No notebook?😂

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

1 minute ago, Anna N said:

You call that swag? No pen? No notebook?😂

True that!

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

Slim to nil low carb pickins in the Maple Leaf lounge right now

But they have a Lavazza machine for latte which makes a nice cup

rotuts · July 2, 2018

Wow !

Johnny Iuzzuni

doesn't mess around

of course I know nothing about those chocolates

but the presentation is First Rate !

gfweb · July 2, 2018

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

I like gfweb, but that is the dumbest suggestion I've ever heard ( along with his trolling "overrated" comment).

Problem is, nyc, like most other cities, tends to shut down too early, especially on a Sunday night when it's a million degrees out.

Don't recall saying that you can never go wrong with NYC pizza. I've had some bad slices.

I do recall saying that the pizza in Penn Station is the only thing I'd eat there.

And I like @weinoo

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

6 minutes ago, rotuts said:

Wow !

Johnny Iuzzuni

doesn't mess around

of course I know nothing about those chocolates

but the presentation is First Rate !

Indeed - presentation is everything - I'm anticipating that they will taste as good as they look. I particularly like the sealing wax.

Kerry Beal · July 2, 2018

Just now, gfweb said:

Don't recall saying that you can never go wrong with NYC pizza. I've had some bad slices.

I do recall saying that the pizza in Penn Station is the only thing I'd eat there.

And I like @weinoo

Oops - I misremembered what you wrote - but I was not disappointed with the slices we got. I think the stuff we got in Penn Station was better but these were still quite suitable for middle of the night food.

**Shelby** · July 2, 2018

5 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Indeed - presentation is everything - I'm anticipating that they will taste as good as they look. I particularly like the sealing wax.

Agreed. Sealing wax ups the presentation appeal.

Tri2Cook · July 2, 2018

2 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Indeed - presentation is everything - I'm anticipating that they will taste as good as they look. I particularly like the sealing wax.

I like that too. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if the packaging for that set cost at least as much as the bars inside cost to produce but he's in a market and at a level where he can price accordingly. Packaging appears to be my next frustration now that the battle to find a mold I could live with has ended.